168 years ago · 1858

“Will be stopped and compelled to return by the same conveyance that took them to the country.”

— James Buchanan

160 years ago · 1866

“General Ulysses S. Grant having found it inconvenient to assume the duties specified in my letter to you of the 26th instant, you will please relieve him from the same and assign…”

— Andrew Johnson

148 years ago · 1878

“Peace with all nations has been maintained unbroken, domestic tranquillity has prevailed, and the institutions of liberty and justice which the wisdom and virtue of our fathers…”

— Rutherford B. Hayes